You had to really look. According to a blog called Fallen in Grace, written by someone identifying himself as David Hyles: I have no intention of defending myself. He owned our lives, and we didnt dare cross him, because we were too afraid we would lose everything. Craig Sisson, 52 Another egregious case was working its way through the courts around the same time. Much of our material is available for free, such as the hundreds of articles at the Way of Life web site. He left everything to the organization, which my younger sister and her husband now lead. Maybe you could start your investigation there. If you have been helped and/or blessed by our material offerings can be mailed or made online with with Visa, Mastercard, Discover, or Paypal. Speaker: Linda Hyles Murphrey Date: April 5, 2012 Event: TEDx Conference Continuity 1. Among the accusations was a systematic culture of cover-up: [Jack Hyles] negligently and carelessly has fostered . My dad pastored a church that evolved into a 50,000-member cult. By this letter I wish to express my thoughts on the role you have played in these events over the past fifteen-plus years. You call him a liar. But it was wildly effective, says Kaifetz, in part because Hyles made soul winning a key criterion for moving up the church ladder orif you were a manfor being awarded a coveted staff job. Trisha LaCroix, who attended Hyles-Anderson College, says that she was disowned by her parentsFirst Baptist members bothin part for daring to wear pants. His current job: pastor of Grace Baptist Church in Miami. Women were to wear skirts that covered the knee. These are not sharable. He really does have that kind of influence on those people.__________________Do I have any reason to believe that the Hyles dont love each other? Theyre being shamed about how horrible they are. . While Schaap was from a more prosperous family, in all important ways he was a virtual Hyles clone. In his 1979 book How to Rear Infants, he wrote: The parent who spanks his child keeps him from going to hell.. By the time he took charge of the 44-member Miller Road Baptist Church in Garland, Texas, in 1952, he was a full-fledged, fire-breathing, stem-winding spellbinder, blessed with a booming preachers voice, a savants recall of the Bible, and a charisma that could almost magically levitate people from their seats to surrender their lives to the Savior. The site has more than 1,200 members, she adds. Though the sermons werent nearly as sexual in the beginning, says Schaaps former editor, he was seductive. 12:9). I sent students there and hired graduates from HAC. Former pastor of Gospel Light Baptist Church, Walker, Michigan, Convicted in 2006 of molesting a five-year-old boy, 2. You could still see it from his office. We trust that your Christian honesty will preserve the integrity of this policy. Outbursts of anger, an unwillingness to brook criticism, and a penchant for ironfisted control were also part of his repertoire. Read more about this topic: Jack Hyles Famous quotes containing the word children: Kerry Martin, 56 Sadly, in your very heart of hearts you must be the most miserable, lonely person alive. . We hated her. View the profiles of people named Linda Murphrey. There was a door knob there, but it looked like part of the paneling, and there was a picture hanging there, so you really had to be studying to notice that there was a door there from his office. And that was to talk about me; to talk about my life, my life as the daughter of a cult leader. The earliest memory of my mother's affair with Jack Hyles that I can remember dates back to the 1960's. Infancy. Further, this was not just one pastor. Instead, she continues, he was allowed and encouraged to perpetuate what my father began: idolatry, secrecy, adultery, and a harshly punitive culture based on an endless list of legalistic rules that served the man of God. Not Godor at least not a God that I would want to know.. Things we do not want copied and redistributed are items like the Fundamental Baptist Digital Library, the print and eBook editions of our books, etc. They will no doubt tighten the reins some, says Glover. We could never even tell our best friends what went on in our home, because we might be the cause of the destruction of his ministry. With God's help, I will make my life in California everything that He would have it be and, unlike you, will not fall. The pastor continued in this vein at some length, proving himself adept at building straw men, creating smoke screens, and straining at gnats. You are free to make copies of these at your own expense and share them with friends and family. The answer is definitely yes and there are a hundred people who know that. Breaking Free: Linda Hyles Murphrey Speaks At TEDxOjaiChange. At this point, the sermons climax, Schaap would heave up a high-powered crossbow and fire an arrow into a red X painted on a fake rock a few feet from his pulpit. I was one of those chocago kids who rode the bus to church went to the church camp and youth camp went to all the church funtions and went to the highschool not once did anything inappropriate happen! Menu. Yellow buses lined back streets and alleys. Victoria He told us she was crazy. Virtually no one would marry without Hyless blessing, several former church members say. August 6, 2012 Darrell 594 Comments. Men were to wear jackets and ties and close-cropped hair. She is the daughter of Jack Hyles (former pastor of the Independent Fundamental Baptist megachurch, First Baptist Hammond) and talks about her escape from that cult (her word, not mine). After graduation, he set out to spread his particular brand of harsh theology. They also corrected a previous repo On a cool Sunday evening in mid-October, I drove to Hammond to sit in on a First Baptist service. But Schaap is not simply one of those rogue evangelists who thunders against the evils of forbidden sex while indulging in it himself. You are welcome to make copies of these at your own expense and share them with friends and family. Former pastor of Emmanuel Baptist Church, Bristol, Tennessee, Convicted in 2000 of kidnapping and abusing a minor, 5. He began calling himself an Independent Baptistuntethered to any dogma or ritual he didnt cotton to, unaccountable to any ruling body or person beyond himself. Another occasion was the girl who was working at the cemetery. Her office had a door opening to Hyles office, but there was a drape in front of it so that no one coming into her office could see it. I remember hearing once that it is not wise to put anything in writing that one would not want the entire world to see. We both graduated the same year and went to college. In passing, it is interesting to note that Hyles evidence against Vic is loose, unsubstantiated, secondhand, hearsay gossip from unnamed sources (Robert Sumner, The Jack Hyles Story, chapter 5: The Hyles Reply). Charles V. Shifflett, 61 Some of the abuse that Glover described in his bookas many others would later allegewas perpetrated by Hyless son. In light of the firsthand testimonies that have been published, this pastor is simply closing his eyes to the truth, for whatever reason. If you and your client really want to do the right thing, you'll face the fact that First Baptist Church has had a cancer growing in it for nearly 50 years. He lifted a stick in his left hand and a silver cloth in his right. He divorced his wife and married one of the 14. Its your ego or a demon or Satans influence that causes you to doubt the edicts of the leadership., First Baptist members have long scoffed at cult comparisons. Abused her. Hated her. How I emerged from such a pit of secret sin, manipulation, and hypocrisy with the slightest interest in my professed religion at all, I do not know. Their offices each had a door opening to the hallway as well as the private door connecting the two rooms. As to getting to the truth of the issue of Jack Hyles, lets not listen to his deacons, of whom he bragged publicly that they would have jumped off a bridge if he told them to do so. last year) recognize that it is clearly a cult. He claimed that he had long heard reports that Nischik was immoral, but the following important observation must be taken into consideration in this matter: Throughout all of this, Hyles being privy to most if not all of it by his own testimony, Vic remained a member in good standing of the First Baptist Church, song leader in Dr. Hyles own adult Sunday School class, choir member, a key worker in the bus ministry (where the pickings would be delightful among love-starved, fatherless, teenage girls), a trustee of Hyles-Anderson College, a financial adviser and assistant who helped him obtain a $1,500,000 loan for the purchase of the Hyles-Anderson campus, as well as a respected deacon in the First Baptist Church! Linda. Jack Hyles set himself up as the saviour of fundamentalism and the pastor of pastors. And there is grace.. Walking into federal court last September for a hearing about his alleged sexual misdeeds with a minor, Jack Schaap smiled and looked relaxed. This is a moment when we need, as people of integrity, to be honest in all of this. You could see their family from our back door. Chester Mulligan, 47 Author: jimbaumerexperience.com. 3. If the members of the congregation were heartbroken about what was happening to their church, they didnt show it on this night. Former pastor of Temecula Valley Baptist Church, Temecula, California, Convicted in 1999 of molesting a 14-year-old girl. Add a bio, trivia, and more. And they still perpetuate his legacy: the strict rules, the undying loyalty, and they still try to keep all the secrets (Linda Murphreys testimony at the TEDxOjaiChange event in Ojai, California, April 5, 2012). Your statements that your investigation will reach far and wide, and that unbelievers will see at its conclusion that the church didn't try to hide wrong doing were encouraging. You exemplify everything in this life that I do not want for myself, my marriage or my children. 594 thoughts on "Breaking Free: Linda Hyles Murphrey Speaks At TEDxOjaiChange" And the night we got married, he told everybody it was our first kiss! Regardless of whether Hyles actually committed physical adultery, he was unquestionably guilty of a grossly improper relationship with a woman who was not his wife, and was thus disqualified to be a pastor. How true it is. He claimed that he had long heard reports that Nischik was immoral, but the following important observation must be taken into consideration in this matter:Throughout all of this, Hyles being privy to most if not all of it by his own testimony, Vic remained a member in good standing of the First Baptist Church, song leader in Dr. Hyles own adult Sunday School class, choir member, a key worker in the bus ministry (where the pickings would be delightful among love-starved, fatherless, teenage girls), a trustee of Hyles-Anderson College, a financial adviser and assistant who helped him obtain a $1,500,000 loan for the purchase of the Hyles-Anderson campus, as well as a respected deacon in the First Baptist Church! Things that we encourage you to share include the audio sermons, video presentations, O Timothy magazine, and the hundreds of Fundamental Baptist Information Service (FBIS) articles. Hyles lied about the existence of the door, saying, There IS no door, which was technically true at the time, since it had been removed after the matter became public! I dont know if there is right now. Nevertheless, the story of First Baptist is epic enough to rival the most sordid Old Testament tale. He was beyond the bounds of what was appropriate, says Brennan. I went to him twice about things I had heard about Dave. With these thoughts expressed, I bathe myself of you and any influence you may have had on me in the past. These are sharable. HE STOLE MY WIFE, HER LOYALTY AND AFFECTION, and when the divorce hung in balance, unilaterally met with the two attorneys and negotiated the divorce settlement.After Nischik went public with the dirty business, Hyles tried to blacken the mans reputation and turn attention away from his own deeds in a self-serving letter he mailed to 60,000 pastors. Probably, there are many complex factors involved - not just my dad was a jerk. His strategy: Send a fleet of buses into some of the roughest neighborhoods in Chicago and northern Indiana, pack them with the poor and underprivileged, and drive them to First Baptist to experience the Gospel according to Hyles. When Nischik confronted Hyles in 1985 and demanded that he leave his wife alone, she filed for divorce at Hyles insistence. And even turned his own children against their mother. As the bible saysBe sure your sin will find you out.This is such a sad thing to have happened. Head thrown back, eyes squeezed shut, mouth gaping, he began rubbing the shaft rapidly with the cloth, up and down, up and down. Former pastor of Bethel Baptist Church, Imperial, Missouri, 8. This is why the atheist doesnt believe in God and why the devoted Roman Catholic doesnt believe his church is apostate. Oh yes, we doooo. It probably is one the most significant (and difficult) decisions Ive ever made since. In 1985, Stevenss 15-month-old son, Brent, was found lifeless in his crib. Scandal followed the younger Hyles. I literally feared for my very life if I ever told what went on in our home, for fear that it would hurt his ministry. When you do submit, be prepared to endure excruciating pain. It probably is one the most significant (and difficult) decisions I've ever made since. He left everything to the organization, which my younger sister and her husband now lead. He died a multi-millionaire. Breaking Free: Linda Hyles Murphrey Speaks At TEDxOjaiChange | Stuff Fundies Like Current Events, People Breaking Free: Linda Hyles Murphrey Speaks At TEDxOjaiChange August 6, 2012 Darrell 594 Comments Persnickety Polecat August 10, 2012 at 4:48 pm Ah, I see. The saddest realization is that it has all been under the guise of Christianity. In an open letter written last week and a news release issued Monday, Linda Murphrey apologized for not speaking out on what she called a cycle of church abuses at First Baptist Church of. But in July 2010, an hour into the Polished Shaft sermonin a church packed with thousands of teenagers there for a youth conferenceSchaap went further. If you mean what you said, you have a lot of work to do. Questions? Linda Murphrey: "The lies we had to keep were 'for the sake of the ministry'". FIRST, TO GIVE THE BACKGROUND, LET ME QUOTE FROM THE BOOK , IN REGARD TO HYLES RELATIONSHIP WITH JUDY NISCHIK. He moved the bottom of the stick near his groin and angled it away from himself. The age at which such punishment should begin? He moved him to another church where he was found to have had 17 affairs with different women, and he just recreated what he had seen my dad live. She was sickened and literally brokenhearted, she told me, when she heard about her brother-in-laws arest. HE STOLE MY WIFE, HER LOYALTY AND AFFECTION, and when the divorce hung in balance, unilaterally met with the two attorneys and negotiated the divorce settlement.. In 2001, he died of complications from heart surgery at age 74. The items have taken years to produce at enormous expense in time and money, and we use the income from sales to help fund the ministry. I was embarrassed and humiliated that he said that, because David had kissed every other girl in the church, too, and they were all sitting there laughing. For a pastor to develop a romantic relationship with a church member is gross, gross abuse of his position and of his solemn marital vows. The articles also alleged financial improprieties, accusing Hyles of using church money to lavish tens of thousands of dollars worth of gifts on Jennie, including a car, clothes, and home remodeling. The 1990 book details the affair and many other misdeeds, including a Watergate-like coverup of affairs and sexual abuse at First Baptist. burn your building, penned another, Kristen Conner. Every time we talked he would ask me if we kissed, and I would say yes, and he would ask me real intimate questions about when we kissed and what happened when we kissed. Former principal at Liberty Baptist Academy, Lake Station, Indiana, Convicted in 2002 of crossing state lines with the intent to have sex with an 11-year-old girl, 7. At the end, as usual, young men streamed up to the stage. My 21-year-old radar told me he was a fraud. (She left the church in 2010 after her husband, a prominent member of the congregation, was caught having sexual relationships with underage girls. Busby is far from the only person to compare First Baptist to a cult. But neither did he dwell on compassion. Rock music was out, of course, as was any music with a syncopated beat. And his dad would get up and preach this and browbeat everybody to death to do their kids that way, but David didnt have to live that way. After Hyles son-in-law, Jack Schaap, got caught in an adulterous relationship with a teenager recently, Judy sent the following e-mail to David Gibbs, who is helping the church at this time: From: Judy (Nischik) JohnsonTo: Info@christianlaw.orgDate: Monday, August 6, 2012Mr. In a show of modesty that would be almost unthinkable in later years, Hyles acknowledged that he didnt immediately set bushes to burning. And even to our adult years, he owned us. In passing, it is interesting to note that Hyles evidence against Vic is loose, unsubstantiated, secondhand, hearsay gossip from unnamed sources (Robert Sumner. . We both graduated the same year and went to college. Where there is longstanding passionate romantic steam there is probably physical adultery, but certainly there is mental adultery. a system of secrecy in the church directing that matters of criminal violations not be reported to judicial authority for whom he openly preaches scorn, but to the church itself, meaning Jack Hyles. The case was settled for an undisclosed amount. Join Facebook to connect with Linda Murphrey and others you may know. Four years ago, he pleaded guilty to felony stalking of a 14-year-old girl while pastor of Central Baptist Church in East Chicago. Oh, God, that hurts! he shrieked. They didnt go on a vacation without asking my dads permission, and if he had said to drink the Kool-aid, Im not kidding, they would have. With these thoughts expressed, I bathe myself of you and any influence you may have had on me in the past. 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